Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Proposal Competition: Academia

2017-05-30 Thread Quazie
I agree we need something to do, but maybe we need a base proposal that we all agree on before we have a competition towards making that thing better. It seems valid to 'clean up the mess' by giving us something to do (So I don't feel like my new proposal competition suggestion blocks an academic

DIS: Re: BUS: Proposal Competition: Academia

2017-05-30 Thread Kerim Aydin
One comment: there's a lot of energy in Agencies right now. Agencies are useful to let people do things on behalf of other people. But that's all pretty meaningless if there's nothing for people to actually *do*. Get *something* in there (other than proposals) that's worth spending money on.

DIS: Re: BUS: Proposal Competition: Academia

2017-05-30 Thread Aris Merchant
On Tue, May 30, 2017 at 11:54 AM, Quazie wrote: > I Object - I think a proposal competition around making things less messy > might be more important at the moment vs adding a bunch of new academic > stuff (I like the general idea, but it might not be the perfect time) I object as well, with the

DIS: Re: BUS: Proposal Competition: Academia

2017-05-26 Thread Publius Scribonius Scholasticus
That was not split on my computer and it is intended to be a single sentence. Publius Scribonius Scholasticus p.scribonius.scholasti...@gmail.com > On May 26, 2017, at 7:19 AM, CuddleBeam wrote: > > I SUPPORT this. > > ...If it's alright that there has been a typo there and the following